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LONDON, April 6 - How do you solve a problem like "Camilla"?

If you are Andrew Motion, Britain's poet laureate and the man charged with producing a cheerful commemorative poem about Prince Charles's impending marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles, none of the obvious rhymes - vanilla, flotilla, Godzilla - seem appropriate, somehow.

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The Writing Life: Keeping Me Honest

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Real Life be damned. Need to write faster. More words, Scotty! We need more words!


(although what's going down on the page is nicely solid. I'm actually liking it. Someone revive kradical, I think he's fainted...)